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Welcome to Artist Alley,
Washington County Arts Council's electronic newsletter.
We hope this publication will engage you with the arts in your community.
WCAC welcomes your ideas and support as it continues to take the lead in bringing together the community's art organizations to strengthen our region's arts culture.
For artist information, arts events, calls for art, and more visit WCAC's web page...
www.washingtoncountyarts.com.
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Opening in April 2022!
Paintings by David Bottini and Artist Students
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The Washington County Arts Council presents “Resilience & Inspiration: Recent Works from HCC Visual Arts Students and Faculty” from March 3, 2022 through April 5, 2022 in the Galleries at the Washington County Arts Council, 34 S Potomac Street, Hagerstown, MD 21740 and online virtually beginning Saturday, March 5, 2022. | |
Art in Bloom kicks off with Special Friday Preview Hours | |
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Colorful fresh-cut flower arrangements are paired with equally exquisite pieces of artwork for the annual Art in Bloom event in March.
Hosted by Hagerstown Garden Club to benefit the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Art in Bloom couples members of regional garden clubs, school groups, and individuals with a select work of art at the museum. Each floral designer interprets their assigned work of art – be it a painting or sculpture by creating a one-of-a-kind floral arrangement.
2022 marks 18 years of the spring-themed celebration of art and flowers. The event takes place March 25-27, with special hours for the public to view the floral interpretations at their freshest and most vibrant.
The museum will be closed to the public Friday, March 25, 2022 while the designers install their arrangements, reopening that afternoon for special early access in-person event from 4 to 6 p.m. Admission is $10. (There is no charge for Art in Bloom sponsors or participating floral designers). Saturday, March 26, Art in Bloom will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, March 27, from noon to 4 p.m. There is no admission charge for Saturday and Sunday, but donations to support the museum are gratefully accepted.
On Saturday at 1 p.m. Denny Warrenfeltz of Roostervane Gardens in Funkstown will lead a floral presentation in the museum’s atrium. Proof of vaccination is required to attend the demonstration but is not necessary for general admission to the museum.
Garden clubs scheduled to participate are Hagerstown Garden Club; Biglerville Garden Club; Green Walled Garden Club; Carroll Garden Club; Silver Fancy Garden Club in Frederick; Crossroads Garden Club; Howard County Garden Club; Town and Country Garden Club; Mt. Airy Garden Club; Kelly Wright Flowers; Designers Guild, Clear Spring Garden Club, as well as individual designers.
To purchase tickets for Friday’s event, contact Donna Rastelli at 301-739-5727 or email her at drastelli@wcmfa.org.
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The Chroma Factor
Mark Youngblood & BISFA Digital Photography Students
A major part of being a visual artist is recognizing and appreciating the color that exists around us during everyday life. In this show, students and teacher have captured the colors that they see around themselves and transformed them into passionate works of art.
Mark Youngblood is the owner of Youngblood Studios and a professional photographer for over 30 years and has been a photography teacher at Barbara Ingram School for the Arts as an Artist in residence since the opening of the school in 2009. Mr. Youngblood who attended Hagerstown Community College and Shepherd University holds memberships in several professional photography organizations, including being named commercial and portrait photographer of the year in the state of Maryland.
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Meet Mark Youngblood &
BISFA Digital Photography Students
Coffee and Connections
Wednesday, March 30, 2022---- 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Washington County Chamber of Commerce
1 S. Potomac St.,
Hagerstown, MD, 21740
301-739-2015
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Maryland Symphony Orchestra and the Washington County Historical Society welcome you to step back to the age of silent movie music and film on Thursday, March 31, 2022.
The Washington County Historical Society and the Maryland Symphony Orchestra welcome Conductor Rick Benjamin to the Miller House Museum for an enlightened evening of music and film. Artist Rick Benjamin is a leading expert on silent film music and silent film presentation and has conducted for over seven hundred screenings with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, the Irish National Orchestra (Dublin), Denmark's Aalborg and Aarhus Symfoniorkesters, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Virginia Symphony, Olympia Symphony (Washington State), the Anchorage Symphony (Alaska), Chamber Music Hawaii and now The Maryland Symphony Orchestra. Benjamin curates these popular movie programs from his vast personal collection of original, authentic 1898-1928 film scores and orchestrations.
The doors will open at 5:30pm with light hors d'oeuvres and our featured cocktail of the evening, The Mary Pickford. Mr. Benjamin will begin at 6:00pm.
Tickets are $30.
Date and time:
Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Location
Miller House Museum
135 West Washington Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 797-8782
The James and Mary Schurz Foundation sponsor this joint venture of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra and the Washington County Historical Society.
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Washington County Arts Council, Inc.
announces its summer inaugural
plein air event!
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The Maryland Citizens for the Arts has extended the deadline to submit a proposal for the Maryland Arts Summit 2022. It will be a PAID an honorarium of $350 (+$150 for any co-presenters) in addition to complimentary admission to the Summit.
Maryland Arts Summit 2022will be held on Thursday and Friday, June 9-10, 2022.
Here's a reminder of our target audiences:
Independent Artists
Arts Organizations
Advocacy
Arts Education
Folk & Traditional Art
Youth Artists & Advocates
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Email questions to info@mdarts.org
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National Competition--Call for Entry | |
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The Allegany Arts Council and Schoolhouse Quilters Guild, Inc. are pleased to announce a partnership to host the first-ever 2022 Schoolhouse Quilt Show & Competition to take place June 3-5, 2022, at the Allegany County Fairgrounds in Cumberland, Maryland. This national competition builds on more than three decades of successful regional shows conducted by the Schoolhouse Quilters Guild, Inc., and seeks to broaden the competition to include talented artists from across the nation, offering more than $5000 in prizes. The three-day event includes a workshop series, appraisals, a vendor marketplace, concessions and much more.
Entries for the 2022 Schoolhouse Quilt Show & Competition are currently being accepted. The deadline to enter is April 30, 2022. For more information, or to enter, click below.
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The Washington County Arts Council, Inc. is funded by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC), an agency of the Department of Business & Economic Development. | |
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The Washington County Arts Council is a proud member of
County Arts Agencies of Maryland,
Maryland Citizens for the Arts, and Americans for the Arts
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The WCAC facility is wheelchair accessible! | |
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Thank you for providing your email address to the
Washington County Arts Council. Your information was obtained from
at least one of the following methods: signing our guest book,
becoming a member, donating, entering a contest, or exhibiting with us.
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